NEW HISTORIES IN PAPAIPEMA (HYDRŒCIA)

Extract

There are certain species here and there among our months which are possessed of a sort of will-o'-the-wisp evasiveness, and one would as soon think of encountering them in nature as of finding the mythical pot of gold at the rainbow's end. The causes that bring about such conditions are, of course, varied, and these species often stand represented by some unique type in a distant collection. That the British Museum has long taken first rank in sheltering may of these uniques goes without saying, hence the matter of a rediscover becomes of more than ordinary moment. Further, an additional satisfaction arises, if at a second meeting with the reculuse the early history is exposed as well, and we find the way open to a more extended acquaintance, the while getting an insight into the specific standing, had that ever been questioned.